In my Tech Thursday feature article today, “Stations Prepare For Total Solar Eclipse,” I quoted Steve Mahrer, senior technologist with Panasonic, on ensuring safe use of an ENG camera to shoot the Aug. 21 eclipse. I also received an email reply to my questions about camera use and the eclipse from Alan Keil, VP of […]
Ikegami
8K Production Ready For Rio
Ikegami will participate in 8K coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympics Aug. 5-21 from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the company said today. What the company describes as “the world’s first 8K Outside Broadcast” production vehicle, completed by Ikegami in September 2015, will be on site. Designed for complete 8K broadcast production, the vehicle can produce […]
NHK Takes Delivery Of 8K OB Production Vehicle
While the U.S. broadcast industry continues to grapple with what the exact future of TV will look like, it’s a pretty good bet that TV transmission will be OFDM; video will be 4K; and audio will be immersive. Japan is blowing past those parameters — at least the audio and video portions — with NHK’s 8K Super […]